Media Paper 2 learner response

 1) Type up your feedback in full (you do not need to write mark/grade if you do not wish to). 

WWW: Q2 shows superb knowledge of the two TV CSPs with a little bit of work on exam technique you will be looking at the top grades. 

EBI: Question focus for these evaluation of theory questions, you need to completely focus on theory in every paragraph. Here, it is whether Hall's ideas are valid. we will practise this! 

2) Read the mark scheme for this exam carefully, paying particular attention to the 'indicative content' for each question. Firstly, focus on the unseen question and identify two aspects of the poster that you could have written about in your answer.

• The way events, issues, individuals and social groups (including social identity) are represented through processes of selection and combination.

• The link between genre and stereotypes – the representation of victim in the thriller/crime drama.

3) Look at the indicative content for Q1 again and make a note of any theories or examples of media terminology you could have used in your answer.

- The thriller/horror/supernatural etc genre (isolated setting, low key lighting, blue hue)

- the use of costume and props to construct teen stereotypes (leather/biker jacket, cat ears, red dress)

4) Now focus on the TV 25-marker. Read this exemplar response for the TV question and pick out three arguments, phrases or theories from the essay that you could use in a future question on Capital and Deutschland 83.

  • However, to take an oppositional view of Capital, could it also be argued that the programme unconsciously promotes a right-wing, capitalist ideology? This also questions the validity of Hall’s theory, as perhaps producers are unknowingly reinforcing ingrained dominant ideologies rather than deliberating encoding a particular viewpoint.
  •  Antonio Gramsci’s theory of hegemony is relevant here as it could be argued that Capital’s relentless focus on the importance of hard work, earning money and contributing to the London economy unconsciously reinforces capitalist ideology.

5) Finally, identify three things you need to revise for Media Paper 2 before your next assessment or mock exam.

Essay writing , and validate and analyse theories and CSPs

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